NPR is in Venezuela this week to cover the presidential elections there on Sunday. It also looks to show some of the wider context of the country in the wake of the death of its long-time leader, Hugo Chavez. All week, pieces on the country, the region, oil interests, the state economy, how images are sold for political gain, the future of 'Chavismo', humor, books, music, all accumulate.
And it's all laid out by topic and even in segments of varying length depending on how much time one can spend listening.
- music for campaigns, 4 min audio; sounds and views from the street, 7 min audio
- a quick view into three contrasting stories from 'Ordinary People' in Venezuela, 9 min audio
- an 8 min audio intro that sums up the mood mid-week and another 5 min piece a wrap-up from Caracas at week's end
- It gets more complicated as you consider how Chavez changed how stories are told, even the wildly popular telenovelas, 4 min audio
- An interview with a biographer of Chavez, 8 min audio
- a 12 min audio piece from 'Tell Me More' on the region in the wake of Chavez' generous subsidy of oil and it's possible demise with him
- Neal Conan on Talk of the Nation spends about 15 min on Venezuelan candidates and then continues with Pakistan
- Brazil is having a problem with inflation, 4 min audio
- Why no Venezuelan novels? No translators: return of the Venezuelan novel?, 5 min audio
- Chavez partisans will likely take down GlobalVision, the media counter to Chavez and his partisans, after election, 4 min audio
- Venezuelan humorist gets kidnappers to talk politics, 6 min
Meanwhile, back in the states, the search continues for 'long-form' journalism, with green shoots appearing online.
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